Chinatown, 1974.
Alright, so ever since I slammed my face on the sidewalk this weekend after slipping on an ice-patch, I've had to sport some unslightly bandages to heal my bloody flesh wounds. And I couldn't help but think of this wonderful film starring Jack Nicholson as a wily private investigator who gets his nose sliced open by some tuxedoed thugs for being too "nosy." Throughout the film, he gets shat on and ridiculed for his misfortune, which is kind of how I feel when going out in public as onlookers glance at me and gasp at the sight of my horrific accident, as if to think, "Jeez, what kind of mess did this fuck-up get into?!" So yes, the film is truly an engaging masterpiece....
Oh, and little known fact that this is the film that coined the phrase "How do ya like them apples?" How do you like them apples, Mr. Damon?! I'd also take a stab and claim that Jackie's character in this little diddy was the inspiration for Mr. Anderson's "wounded" character in the cult classik Darjeeding Limited.
So c'mon, ya gotta give it some props, babe!
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